tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post4421993202301710066..comments2015-03-01T03:49:28.949-06:00Comments on Beth Loves Bollywood: MAGADHEERABeth Watkinsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-37389745864482169482014-08-25T11:18:26.906-05:002014-08-25T11:18:26.906-05:00@Beth - your sample may be small, but your conclus...@Beth - your sample may be small, but your conclusions are right. If there&#39;s one Telugu film you should watch, i&#39;d advise &#39;Anukokunda Oka Roju&#39;. Original, interesting and female lead. :)Amrit BLShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02909039755659486634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-51076877021070599572014-08-25T10:31:54.310-05:002014-08-25T10:31:54.310-05:00No, not surprising at all. Totally in line with th...No, not surprising at all. Totally in line with the (admittedly not much) I&#39;ve seen of other contemporary Telugu masala. Beth Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-82952099131649415692014-08-25T09:54:07.130-05:002014-08-25T09:54:07.130-05:00Regarding your observations on the male domination...Regarding your observations on the male domination, the title &#39;Magadheera&#39; translates to male hero/ brave warrior. So, not surprising, eh?Amrit BLShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02909039755659486634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-64218819182669942642012-04-01T11:13:29.271-05:002012-04-01T11:13:29.271-05:00SSK - I can imagine! :DSSK - I can imagine! :DBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-89843548490501859612012-03-30T08:44:00.812-05:002012-03-30T08:44:00.812-05:00I&#39;ve only seen the movie once in the theatre, ...I&#39;ve only seen the movie once in the theatre, but more than anything else Srihari&#39;s dialouge during the 100 Enemies Bet is why I rewatch it when it&#39;s on TV. It never fails to crack me up. There were some intensely funny parodies of that scene on the radio and TV at the time. =)SSKhttp://coffee-clouds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-60530058077186312842010-05-02T05:43:41.855-05:002010-05-02T05:43:41.855-05:00Hi Beth, (following remark falls under the categor...Hi Beth, (following remark falls under the category &quot;affectionate silliness&quot;):<br /><br />WELL! What an experiment! This movie looks like a circus and a funfair rolled up in one!<br /><br />I also was mesmerized at that Medusa boobs experimental oomph, and here&#39;s where I think it comes from: if you&#39;re a woman, you&#39;re essentially weak and fragile; you cannot compete with the hose-toting other half. So how can you find a way to strike back? Well, you ask a wizard to tell you which part of your body is the most aggressive, forward thrusting bit. And he doubtless will tell you it&#39;s your boobs (these guys have a sense of observation), and that you could use them as a petrifying weapon. The only thing left is to find the way for the soft appendages to become stiff enough for the thrust to be projected forward and not towards the ground. Well, the solution lies in the hefting effect. The owner of petrifying boobs should execise first, mind. But once she&#39;s mastered it (it&#39;s a shoulder and stomach trick) she can thrust forth the magnetic waves of the spell, and they will reverberate on her assailants, and deposit a crusty concrete-like layer of smelly spiky mineral all over them. One notices the shape of the boob waves depends on the shape of the boobs, so that if for example the boobs are rather round in volume, the deposit engulfs the attackers completely for head to foot, whereas if they are more pointed, the surrounding agressors will be pelted first with a stream of wave-like reverberations which will only then cover them, starting from the point of impact.<br />Some aggressors have said that they actually enjoy the feeling of being suddenly imprisoned in a mineral casing of boob-stone waves, but I think it&#39;s only because they don&#39;t want to admit their defeat.<br />You may write to me for more information about this not so well-known phenomenon.<br />cheers!yveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975451635895715233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-19597563946176075102010-04-25T22:25:03.182-05:002010-04-25T22:25:03.182-05:00I&#39;ve yet to see a Southie movie... Oh no, wait...I&#39;ve yet to see a Southie movie... Oh no, wait, there&#39;s KIKK. Other than *that*, I&#39;ve yet to see a Southie movie wherein the hero does *not* kick a bunch of villains&#39; asses in front of the heroine and promptly have her shiny-eyed and impressed. Vigilante justice is the order of the day when police officers are part and parcel with villains, I suppose. ;-) Even Anand has a scene like that.ajnabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08296593338690811213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-33919525528075453132010-04-25T06:55:00.101-05:002010-04-25T06:55:00.101-05:00Hey Beth,
I was just watching part of this movie ...Hey Beth,<br /><br />I was just watching part of this movie the other day and even though I was only *slightly* more impressed with what they had done as opposed to a regular brainless Telugu movie, I gave up on it. But reading your blog post, I think I&#39;m going to try it again. :D<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it - yay for Telugu films!<br /><br />x--Sunrise--http://www.blogger.com/profile/10612586355249296658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-58659787574089696832010-04-25T04:49:03.194-05:002010-04-25T04:49:03.194-05:00Beth, you know I love this movie in all ways - and...Beth, you know I love this movie in all ways - and it has generated total obsession with SI films. Yes it is overly macho - and I love it! Although I do think Kajal fares better than some of the other herocentric movies I have watched recently, she is a bit damsel in distress. But that just doesn&#39;t matter when everything else is happening. My husband, who normally will walk out of the room when I put BW on, has watched the entire movie IN ONE SITTING!!!!!! And the more I watch the more addicted I become. Thank heavens I work in Tamil Nadu every year which will give me ample opportunity to build SI film library :) Yay for MAGADHEERA!red42http://www.blogger.com/profile/15490024089676042884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-37970730485511250372010-04-22T09:25:43.618-05:002010-04-22T09:25:43.618-05:00Hi Kellie here! Beth, I&#39;ve just watched MAGADH...Hi Kellie here! Beth, I&#39;ve just watched MAGADHEERA for the second time and I&#39;m still buzzing. A huge element of Temples OMGWTFery (LOL!). Much of it to do with Ramcharan and what a compelling and sexy (*BLUSH!!!*) performer he is. I&#39;ve been turned from the dimply twinkly Shahid side of the force for good, I think :) The rest of it: songs that grab you and DON&#39;T LET GO ALLLL DAY AND NIGHT. I wake up humming them. It&#39;s quite exhausting. Pichi pichi pichi pichiga, nachi nachi nachavoy... And it&#39;s past midnight and I know I&#39;m going to have to watch Bagundi and Cheppane Cheppadhu several more times before I go to bed. <br /><br />And yes, that WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST SEE precisely what what I remember thinking when I saw Ashoka at the first Melbourne Bollywood Masala Film Festival. It&#39;s a bit intoxicating to get that back. OMG. *sigh* *sigh* *sigh* *sigh* *sigh* :DKJ@SLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163261726794617160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-69815823498876176432010-04-21T22:06:30.055-05:002010-04-21T22:06:30.055-05:00@Shell - the nehaflix DVD (Sri Balaji is the brand...@Shell - the nehaflix DVD (Sri Balaji is the brand) does indeed have subtitles :) I got the 2 DVD set with the &quot;making of&quot; - the doco does not have subs but is still interesting. <br />Do it!!!!!Templehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100144509902267935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-25569713889482973522010-04-21T12:03:42.063-05:002010-04-21T12:03:42.063-05:00I think this is it! The movie that could lure me a...I think this is it! The movie that could lure me away from my monogamous relationship with Hindi films. I wonder if nehaflix has it...<br /><br />...YES! they do! Should I just assume it comes with English subs? <br /><br />Ay any rate, fab review. Movie looks beautiful and marvelous and I can&#39;t wait to watch.Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758282383525747870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-79484818956679568252010-04-21T04:59:04.240-05:002010-04-21T04:59:04.240-05:00Hey Beth
You know I loved MAGADHEERA! And I won&#...Hey Beth <br />You know I loved MAGADHEERA! And I won&#39;t go back over all my little reasons as we have discussed it already. I do think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned your response to this being a lot like your response to Hindi movies when you first started watching them. A large part of my enjoyment of this was due to its similarity to the really good masala movies that Hindi film makers seem reluctant to make these days. I love that the tradition is alive and evolving in Telugu cinema. I love that this movie gave me the rush of OMGWTFery that I have been missing. I have Masala Deprivation Syndrome! Farah Khan - do something before I give up on Bollywood!Templehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02100144509902267935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-53263190956739004112010-04-20T12:53:58.738-05:002010-04-20T12:53:58.738-05:00OK Beth, I found the medusa boobs animated avatar ...OK Beth, I found the medusa boobs animated avatar for you: http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2306/magamumaithpump.gif (created by the awesome Dolceoro over at BollyWhat)<br /><br />Enjoy!MinaiMinaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-68526835131427828832010-04-20T02:11:02.912-05:002010-04-20T02:11:02.912-05:00The song with Mumatih Khan is a remix of old chatb...The song with Mumatih Khan is a remix of old chatbuster of his dad, Chiranjeevi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvf2DC9-E9E :)Louellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01483348724682075337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-55037762402389946382010-04-20T01:19:01.865-05:002010-04-20T01:19:01.865-05:00Hi Beth!
I think you did not see VIJAYENDRA VARMA...Hi Beth!<br /><br />I think you did not see VIJAYENDRA VARMA and OKKAMAGADU. Both of these Telugu are well made and better movies than MAGADHEERA. Please watch and write your views.Sunita Chowdary Yhttp://sunitablogs.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-66663871972383355102010-04-20T01:17:59.033-05:002010-04-20T01:17:59.033-05:00Hi Beth!
I think you did not see VIJAYENDRA VARMA...Hi Beth!<br /><br />I think you did not see VIJAYENDRA VARMA and OKKAMAGADU. Both of these Telugu are well made and better movies than MAGADHEERA. Please watch and write your views.<br /><br />Sunita Chowdary Y,<br />http://sunitablogs.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-85856814917514072332010-04-20T00:53:09.589-05:002010-04-20T00:53:09.589-05:00Hi Beth!
A lot of what you said encapsulates pret...Hi Beth!<br /><br />A lot of what you said encapsulates pretty much what I find PISSING OFF about southie movies, to the point where I just can&#39;t watch them any more. Even Wanted, which I really enjoyed (and which is basically Salman in a Southie movie) was a bit too misogynistic to handle at times.<br /><br />Unfortunately, though, I can&#39;t watch southie movies with the rose-tinted glasses like you and filmi girl, possibly coz I&#39;m southie myself :) When you walk past a bunch of guys on the road and hear that STUPID song being sung after you for the nth time, you can&#39;t help seeing red.<br /><br />Ok, sorry, rant over.Pavement Philosopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01986869681022233432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-82542709475305731712010-04-19T20:40:16.689-05:002010-04-19T20:40:16.689-05:00Yah Beth! I am glad you enjoyed it! welcome to Tol...Yah Beth! I am glad you enjoyed it! welcome to Tollywood :) Should you be converted to more? The film is just too beautiful beyond wordsNickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535320732377404085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-35618738841506433252010-04-19T15:56:36.769-05:002010-04-19T15:56:36.769-05:00Hi, I enjoyed your review. I do have to agree that...Hi, I enjoyed your review. I do have to agree that subtlety is not SI mass films strong point. So all the imagery is purposely done and so are all the double meaning dialogues specially in item type numbers. Excuse is probably to appeal to B and C centres or some such.<br /><br />I agree Rani from past was very submissive but then she does the apple scene...<br /><br />As stated in the above comment most of these films are testasterone filled, 3 minute hero introductions and damsels in distress .... I do love the hero introductions :)<br /><br />The &#39;Oh my God, I love him, I can not believe he just beat up a 10/100 strong group of thugs for me&#39; and lady&#39;s eyes fillning with love at that precise moment is a very very common thing.<br /><br />I love masala films despite these things. In a film like Magadheera which has so many other things going for it, it bothers me very little.filmizesthttp://filmizest.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-22038113335917471642010-04-19T14:39:47.146-05:002010-04-19T14:39:47.146-05:00First rule of telugu films...in a movie that is a ...First rule of telugu films...in a movie that is a grand vehicle for a star son (Ram charan is after all Chiranjeevi&#39;s son), the heroine has to be a beauty in distress and nothing much else...it has to be all about the freakin machismo of the hero..if you accept this mentally, you can relax and enjoy the movie :) Pokiri is another prime example. This is not the time and place for independant and fiery female leads. &#39;Leader&#39; was the one exception I saw recently. <br /><br />Beth great point of the cultural expressions as visible from telugu movies..as you watch more you will start to recognize patterns. I can leave you with one though, any film that will be labeled &#39;Mass&#39; (which is a very clear category of films)neeeeeds a dishoom dishoom hero who plays the caveman to a besotted female :)radhikanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-16851674799866568382010-04-19T14:32:40.750-05:002010-04-19T14:32:40.750-05:00So glad you watched this one Beth! I knew you mea...So glad you watched this one Beth! I knew you meant business when the title was in all caps with nothin&#39; else! :D Glad you enjoyed it. <br /><br />&quot;Temple tried to convince me this hose was just a hose, but I don&#39;t buy that for a minute.&quot; LOL.<br /><br />Speaking of Medusa boobs, someone posted an animated avatar of that very moment on the BollyWhat forum. When I find, I&#39;ll give you the link. :)MinaiMinaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-33562692506285777192010-04-19T12:43:42.321-05:002010-04-19T12:43:42.321-05:00Is this the Ajooba of 21st century? With a bigger ...Is this the <i>Ajooba</i> of 21st century? With a bigger budget, more risque stuff going on, and more &quot;<i>balls-to-the-walls masculine heroics</i>&quot; (LOVE that expression)?bollyviewerhttp://bollyviewer-oldisgold.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-38785391684028369662010-04-19T11:02:53.390-05:002010-04-19T11:02:53.390-05:00I watched this over the weekend, and loved it; alt...I watched this over the weekend, and loved it; although, I did not have anything coherent to say about it. It is just... WOW! <br /><br />All the &quot;flying&quot; reminded me of Wuxia-style in Chinese films. Even the very first scene reminded me of the ending of Crouching Tiger with its violin music and leaps from cliffs. <br /><br />The heroine, although occasionally spunky in attitude, was very much a damsel-in-distress type. It is not very often that both leads are equally heroic. One scene that bothered me is when she left the college exam to chase after him. I kept wondering, how important was that test? Will she have an opportunity to retake it? Or has she just given up her education and career for a man? In which case, did she even want a career outside of the home? And wasn&#39;t he a jerk for playing his trick on her at that inopportune moment? Maybe I read way too much into that...myrna-norahttp://myrna-nora.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-19502404749401915002010-04-19T10:46:35.735-05:002010-04-19T10:46:35.735-05:00You know, I understand where you are coming from a...You know, I understand where you are coming from about Indu but I guess I am able to put on my Southie-colored glasses and just enjoy the Manly Macho Heroics of Harsha without seeing his heroism as necessarily taking anything away from the heroine. It&#39;s just how these films are structured. I actually quite liked Indu, although she is far removed from some of my favorite Sandalwood heroines who will hunt down their evil-doers with sharp pointy things if necessary.Filmi Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182245444783020664noreply@blogger.com